Hilo de Taco

[Isabeau]

Theres a place not too far from me where they sell them and you see people all summer walking around with them. Well, the smaller bags, anyway. Never had one. Maybe this year…

 

[Rose Karuna]

I guess it could be tasty. Smaller bag for me and no rice on top of the chips.

 

[Free]

How do you eat it? Do people root around with a hand in the bag for the chips?

 

[Isabeau]

No, they walk around with a bag in one hand, and a fork in the other

 

[Free]

Hmm. I'm thinking chopsticks might work better on Doritos.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Hmm. I'm thinking chopsticks might work better on Doritos.

 

[Free]

So now you have to carry around 2 bags? Eating this meal is getting more complicated by the minute.

 

[Free]

Frivolous lawsuit!

German tourist sues New York City taqueria over salsa so spicy ‘it was a very big shock physically and mentally’

A German tourist who sued a New York City taqueria for damages, claiming its salsa was too spicy, has lost his bizarre case.

Faycal Manz, an engineer and part-time law student from Schemmerhofen, alleged in court filings that he suffered physical distress after a single bite of self-serve green salsa at Los Tacos No.1 in Times Square in August 2024.

According to court documents filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, Manz "immediately began suffering severe physical symptoms”, including a burning tongue and soaring heart rate.

Manz alleged that the salsa also gave him mouth sores and gastrointestinal and emotional distress, and that the restaurant, in not labeling the salsa, had failed to warn him of how hot it would be.

Mouth sores? Does Manz not know how to stop eating in the case of accidentally putting hot lava in his mouth?

By way of compensation, he sought $100,000.

Whoa, those must have been some fascinating mouth sores. But not to worry. Manz lost his case.

However, Judge Dale E. Ho ruled against Manz, writing: “When it comes to salsa, the spice is often the point.”

He added: “A quick Google search for ‘Mexican food,’ ‘salsa’ or even Los Tacos reviews likely would have revealed that salsa can be quite spicy.”

Spicy food for the win!

 

[Isabeau]

Frivolous lawsuit!

German tourist sues New York City taqueria over salsa so spicy ‘it was a very big shock physically and mentally’




Mouth sores? Does Manz not know how to stop eating in the case of accidentally putting hot lava in his mouth?

Whoa, those must have been some fascinating mouth sores. But not to worry. Manz lost his case.


Spicy food for the win!

There are these mini spring rolls I’ve bought a few times that were really tasty and inexpensive. Just something to add to a meal. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, I bought the exact same ones, but they were extremely hot . Well, hot for me, burned my throat and tongue. Had to shovel yoghurt into my pie hole.

Nowhere on the box was it identified as spicy. I mean, they’re spring rolls! I did see afterwards that they were made in India, so, Indian spring rolls, but they were fine before. After tentatively biting into another one, thinking the other one was just a fluke, I just threw them all away.

I wouldn’t take them to court, but way to ruin a meal (and a mouth). I cursed them instead.

Yeah, I’m not a fan of ultra spicy. I‘ve got a baby mouth

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Both of our favorite restaurants in Columbus, one Indian and one Thai, have junior chefs who interpret spice levels differently than the regular chefs. So we can tell when the regular guy is off because the food gets extra spicy.

 

[Isabeau]

Indian and Thai are probably my favourite types of cuisine.

I bought all the ingredients for a red curry paste yesterday ‘cause it was too cold and windy to go get something better than at the closer grocery store. Anyway, tomorrow, I’m making dumplings cooked in coconut milk curry. It won’t be authentic or anything, but it’s a craving I’ve been having.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Yeah, I’m not a fan of ultra spicy. I‘ve got a baby mouth

Same here. I like a little spice for flavor, but anything beyond that and I can't taste my food. I have a delicate mouth.

 

[Free]

I can't really run anymore, but I might make an effort at sprinting if a taco truck pulled up down the street and started playing Mariachi music.

 

[Rose Karuna]

I can't really run anymore, but I might make an effort at sprinting if a taco truck pulled up down the street and started playing Mariachi music.

Me too! Miami has the "Walking Taco" truck but it only goes to neighborhoods for pre-commissioned neighborhood parties.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

I can't really run anymore, but I might make an effort at sprinting if a taco truck pulled up down the street and started playing Mariachi music.

What if the Taco Trucks were accompanied by Ice Cream Trucks!